QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Julius Caesar ACT/SCENE: 4.3 SPEAKER: Brutus CONTEXT: CASSIUS
That you have wronged me doth appear in this:
You have condemned and noted Lucius Pella
For taking bribes here of the Sardians,
Wherein my letters, praying on his side
Because I knew the man, were slighted off.
BRUTUS
You wronged yourself to write in such a case.
CASSIUS
In such a time as this it is not meet
That every nice offence should bear his comment.
BRUTUS
Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
Are much condemned to have an itching palm,
To sell and mart your offices for gold
To undeservers.
CASSIUS
I “an itching palm”!
You know that you are Brutus that speak this,
Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.
BRUTUS
The name of Cassius honours this corruption,
And chastisement doth therefore hide his head. DUTCH: Door zulk een brief deedt gij uzelven onrecht. MORE: Meet=Appropriate
Nice=Trivial
Bear his comment=Be criticised
Itching palms=According to superstition, an itching palm means that money (here, a bribe) was on its way (the superstition is said to be based on the use of silver to cure diseases, which developed into the superstition that the itch meant silver was coming).
Compleat:
Meet=Dienstig
Nice=Keurig, vies
Itching palms =Jeukende handpalmen Topics: corruption, money